Dietary fibers with low hydration properties exacerbate diarrhea and impair intestinal health and nutrient digestibility in weaned piglets

Table 2 Composition of the experimental diets (as-fed basis)

Item^a	CON	Low hydration properties		Medium hydration properties
Item^a	CON	MCC	WB	MOLP	SBP
Ingredients, %
Corn	36.00	26.70	30.90	33.80	30.50
Expanded maize	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00
Soybean meal (46%)	16.60	18.10	15.80	13.60	16.50
Fermented soybean meal	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
MCC	-	5.00	-	-	-
WB	-	-	5.00	-	-
MOLP	-	-	-	5.00	-
SBP	-	-	-	-	5.00
Whey powder (low protein)	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50
Soybean oil	1.70	3.50	2.60	1.80	2.30
Sucrose	3.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Glucose	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50
Chloride choline (60%)	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10
CaHPO₄	1.05	1.05	1.05	1.05	1.05
Limestone	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.80
Sodium chloride	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
Zinc oxide	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15
Antifungal agent	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15
Citric acid	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
_L-Lysine HCI (98.5%)	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.60	0.50
_DL-Methionine (99%)	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20
Threonine	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20
Phytase	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Vitamin premix^b	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
Mineral premix^c	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20
Calculated composition
DE, Mcal/kg	3.40	3.40	3.40	3.40	3.40
CP, %	18.50	18.50	18.50	18.50	18.50
EE, %	4.28	5.85	5.34	4.62	4.84
Ash, %	2.30	2.32	2.40	2.14	2.62
Ca, %	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.80
P, %	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60
Lysine, %	1.40	1.40	1.40	1.40	1.40
Methionine, %	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40
Analyzed composition^d
DM, %	96.68	96.42	97.56	95.97	96.80
GE, MJ/kg	17.11	17.29	17.29	17.13	17.13
CF, %	2.25	4.59	2.49	2.58	3.15
CP, %	18.55	18.32	18.73	18.44	18.45
NDF, %	7.95	11.43	10.69	8.10	8.85
ADF, %	4.85	9.56	6.10	5.27	5.66

^a DE digestible energy, CP crude protein, EE ether extract, DM dray matter, GE gross energy, CF crude fiber, NDF neutral detergent fiber, ADF acid detergent fiber, CON control diet group, MCC 5% microcrystalline cellulose diet group, WB 5% wheat bran diet group, MOLP 5% Moringa oleifera leaf powder diet group, SBP 5% sugar beet pulp diet group
^b Provided per kilogram of diet: 12,400 IU of vitamin A, 2800 IU of vitamin D₃, 30 mg of vitamin E, 5 mg of vitamin K₃, 3 mg of vitamin B₁, 10 mg of vitamin B₂, 8 mg of vitamin B₆, 0.04 mg of vitamin B₁₂, 40 mg of niacin, 15 mg of calcium pantothenate, 1 mg of folic acid and 0.08 mg of biotin
^c Provided per kg of complete diet: 120 mg of Zn, 120 mg of Fe, 16 mg of Cu, 70 mg of Mn, 0.70 mg of I, and 0.60 mg of Se
^d The results are shown as the mean values of two replicates

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